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Increased port tanker traffic could devastate Stanley Park: report
Sensitive habitat along Stanley Park's shores could be irreparably damaged if a big spill from tanker traffic were to...
Oil tanker spill a threat to Stanley Park wildlife: Report
Stanley Park is a bird lover’s paradise, but a potential oil-tanker spill in the Burrard Inlet could put at least 236...
Wilderness Committee raises alarm over oil-tanker threat to Stanley Park wildlife
VANCOUVER -- At least 236 bird species that rely on Stanley Park for food, wintering, migration stopovers, or breeding...
Stanley Park in great danger in case of an oil spill: report
It’s the jewel of Vancouver and one of our most popular tourist destinations, but an ugly picture is being painted of...
The environmental science behind a run-of-river project
Innergex opens up about its field work The scientists had been expecting to see mountain goats but got wolverines...
Wilderness Committee report states impacts of potential oil spill on Stanley Park
The Wilderness Committee, Canada’s largest citizen-funded wilderness protection group, has released a 12-page report...
TV News Story - Stanley Park Tanker Town Hall
This is a television news story about public awareness of the Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker proposal, after the...
Trail Building on Meares Island: A Wilderness Committee Volunteer Project
Clambering over fallen logs in ancient temperate rainforest, stashing food in raised bear caches, and getting caught...
FPB audits company in Spotted Owl territory
Photo: Forests near Harrison Lake An audit of forestry operations near Spotted Owl habitat in the Harrison Lake area...
New report addresses impacts of potential oil spill on Stanley Park
News Release - July 11, 2012 VANCOUVER – The continued expansion of oil tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet poses...
North Shore band opposes pipelines
Tsleil-Waututh to sign Fraser Declaration, joining 130 other first nations North Vancouver's Tsleil-Waututh First...
Upper Lillooet Hydro Project threatens fish and falls, says Wilderness Committee
News Release - July 9, 2012 Wilderness Committee to attend open houses on proposal to divert three rivers VANCOUVER –...
TV Interview - Tar Sands Exports Through BC
This is a segment from Shaw TV's After Hours, featuring the Wilderness Committee's Ben West as he talks about the...
TV Interview - Kinder Morgan's Plans in BC
This is a segment from Shaw TV's After Hours, featuring the Wilderness Committee's Ben West as he explains the...
TV Interview - Transport Alternatives and Green Jobs
This is a segment from Shaw TV's After Hours, featuring the Wilderness Committee's Ben West talking about the current...
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